CVE-2026-81973 PUBLISHED

Acrobat Reader | Use After Free (CWE-416)

Assigner: adobe
Reserved: 27.08.2026 Published: 08.09.2026 Updated: 09.09.2026

Acrobat Reader is affected by a Use After Free vulnerability that could result in arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.8

Product Status

Vendor Adobe
Product Adobe Acrobat
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 26.002.21900 (incl.)
  • Version 26.002.21901 is unaffected
Vendor Adobe
Product Acrobat Reader
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 26.002.21900 (incl.)
  • Version 26.002.21901 is unaffected
Vendor Adobe
Product Acrobat 2024
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 24.001.30383 (incl.)
  • Version 24.001.30429 is unaffected

References

Problem Types

  • Use After Free (CWE-416) CWE